Sin City movie

Well I finally got around to watching the movie "Sin City" that I had recorded on TiVo months ago. I wish I had watched it when it was first on. This is a terrific movie. It's got one of the coolest looks to a movie that I've seen in a long time. I'm not going to go into a long review or such of the movie here, but it's based on a Graphic Novel and the director did a great job at matching that look and feel.

In many places you see the actor on the screen walking in front of a city scape backdrop. The whole shot has the feel that it's a stage play instead of a movie. Normally this would make the movie look cheap. Here it just makes the movie work. It's a hard thing to describe and really just needs to be seen to understand.



One word of caution on this movie. It's out there. It's extremely violent and has a lot of blood and gore scenes. There are also issues that aren't the most pleasant to be thinking about all the time, so be forewarned. If you can handle that type of thing then you've got to see this movie. Very good.

I just heard from a friend of mine that they have already started working on the sequels (2 and 3) for this. That's great news as it's definitely something that could be extended.

Back from the honeymoon...

Well Xan and I made it back from our honeymoon yesterday. We had a GREAT time and it was so relaxing. Sitting on the beach or by the pool in the sun was just what we both needed to get away from things for a while.

We ended up going to an Iberostar resort in the Dominican Republic city of La Romana. (Google Earth Link) It was a great choice and I'd probably go back there again. But I think for our next vacation we'll pick someplace different simply for variety. But we met several people that have been there a few times and keep going back to it.

I'll probably update a bit more on this later, but it's getting late and I've got to head back to the grind tomorrow. Here's a link to some pics on the Picasa page if your interested.